List of Woman's Christian Temperance Union people

This is a list of people associated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).

Presidents edit

The presidents of the WCTU and their terms of office are:[1]

  1. 1874-79 - Annie Turner Wittenmyer
  2. 1879-98 - Frances Willard
  3. 1898-14 - Lillian M. N. Stevens
  4. 1914-25 - Anna Adams Gordon
  5. 1925-33 - Ella A. Boole
  6. 1933-44 - Ida B. Wise
  7. 1944-53 - Mamie White Colvin
  8. 1953-59 - Agnes Dubbs Hays
  9. 1959-74 - Ruth Tibbets Tooze
  10. 1974-80 - Edith Kirkendall Stanley
  11. 1980-88 - Martha Greer Edgar
  12. 1988-96 - Rachel Bubar Kelly
  13. 1996-2006 - Sarah Frances Ward
  14. 2006-14 - Rita Kaye Wert
  15. 2014-19 - Sarah Frances Ward
  16. 2019 - Current - Merry Lee Powell

Editors of The Union Signal edit

Editors of the WCTU's organ, The Union Signal and its former namesakes, The Woman's Temperance Union, and Our Union have included:[2]

  • Mary Bannister Willard (January 1883 - July 1885)
  • Mary Allen West (July 1885 - 1892)
  • Harriet B. Kells (1891-1894)
  • Frances Willard (1892 - February 1898)
  • Lillian M. N. Stevens (February 1898 - April 1914)
  • Anna Adams Gordon (April 1914 - October 1926)
  • Ella Boole (October 1926 - October 1933)
  • Ida B. Wise Smith (October 1933 - )

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References edit

  1. ^ "Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)". Alcohol Problems & Solutions. 2014-02-19. Archived from the original on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ Jimerson, Randall C.; Blouin, Francis X.; Isetts, Charles A. (1977). Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers. University of Michigan. pp. 368–69.